Shoe form



June 2,

s. HICKEIL SHOE FORM F'i1ad Sept. '15, 1924 Patented June 2, 1925, I I

uNi-rso STATES PATENT orFlca.

SAMUEL menu, or can SHOE RLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

FORM.

Application filed September 15, 1824. Serial No. 737,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HIoKnL, a citizen of the United States, andresident of ,Charleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of WestVirginia, have invented cer" tain new and useful Improvements in ShoeForms, of whichthe itollowing is a specification." 1 I My invent onrelates to" a devlce for 1Q stretching orforming a shoe so that pressurewill not come on the foot; at points where there are corns or bunions.

It also enables the shoe to be raised at the toe or at places wherethere are seams to prevent undue pressure uponthe foot at these places.

An ob'ect of the invention is to provide such a evice which will besimple in its construction but eflicient in operation, and

' which will enable the shoe to be stretched at any desired'point;

/ Further objects ofthe invention will be apparent from the followingdetailed description and appended claims.

'In the drawings:

Figure-l is a side view ofthe device-with the parts in closed position.a M

4 Figure 2 is a side view of the device with the parts in open positionand'one part in position within a shoe. A

Figure?) is. a transverse section of the device in operative positionwith relation to a shoe. v

Figures 4, 5 and '6 are perspective views of some of the forms ofmembers thatmayj. b hmployed for stretching portions of the"Theinvention comprisestwo members and 2 hinged together atf3.withhandles 4 and 5 re ctivelyi The member 1 .is,s1i'ghtlv" 53m themember 2'so thatit wili fit within the other when the -,parts 'areclosed asin Fi re :1. Thismem'ber' 11 is preferably ma e of sprlng 1steel or some other metal which has considerable resil iency. Bothmembers]. and 2 are of generally smaller inverted trough-shae. 'The.outer member #2 is heavier and sti er than the inner memher and may bemade-of some heavy metal.

- The member 1 is provided with. holes in 150 which will fit the stems 6of forms 7, 8 and- 9, as shownin Figures/i, 5 and 6, respectively. Theseforms are given various shapes according to the purpose for which eachis to be used.- A round corn or bunion at the side of the foot will berepresented by the'form 9, while if it is desired to stretch the shoeover the top seam near the toes, a form 8 as shown in Figure 5 may beemployed. Special forms may be designed for special'purposes and forindividual cases.

The outer member 2 is preferably provided with depressions 10corresponding 'enerally to the position of the various Iorms to beemployed. In using the invention, the desired forms are placed in themember 1 which is then inserted into the shoe A as indicated in Figure2. By pressure on the handles, the outer member 2 will be forced downover the shoe and inner 'member, and the forms will force the leather ofthe shoe outward into the depressions 10. The parts may be retained inthis position for as long a time as is necessary to properly stretcherform the shoe. When removed, the shoe will retain to a great extent thewith much force against the points where I contour given it, andtherefore will not bear the forms have been thus relieving the foot a,frompressure' at these places.

It is obvious that in this mannera shoe may, be easily-treated to renderit comfort v able to the wearer even'if corns or bunions are present orif the shoe is too tight across.

any particular portion of the foot. The-size f and precise contour ofthe forms may bevaried and the materials of which the deviceisconstructed are also capable of wide variatheappended claims;

I claim as my invention:

ivotally connected with each other and each ceive said form pieces.

detachab form pieces while the other member which is rlgidis formed withone or ',1.' A shoe" form comprising two members" tion. In general it isto be understood that the invention is limited only by the scope of 9more depressions to receive said form pieces.

3. A shoe form comprising two members pivotally connected with eachother and each having a handle ortion, one of said members which is. 0conczwo-convex contour is resilient and carries one or moredetachableform pieces while the other member SAMUEL HICKEL.

